Neumann.Berlin TLM 50 User Manual

Product Information

TLM 50

Pressure
Microphone

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he TLM 50 is a studio microphone with
an unusual omnidirectional characteristic. The
same way as in the legendary M 50, the cap­sule is mounted flush into the surface of a
sphere.

This unique design gives the
microphone a smooth rise in
frequency response and an
increased directivity in the
upper frequency range.

There the directional charac­teristic is almost comparable
to a pressure gradient micro­phone. In the lower audio
spectrum it performs more as
a pressure transducer with a
linear response down to the
lowest frequencies.

In 1991 the TLM 50 received
the MIX MAGAZINE TEC­Award. It is supplied with a swivel mount ca­ble and an auditorium hanger.

Applications

Features

• Small diaphragm microphone
with omnidirectional pattern

• Successor of the world-wide
successful M 50

• Excellent response down to
lowest frequencies

• Pressure transducer

• High frequency polar pattern
similar to pressure gradient
transducer

• Set includes cable and
auditorium hanger

The design of the TLM 50 is based on the leg­endary M 50 and has very unique acoustic fea­tures. It provides a tool for capturing both di­rect sound from the instruments and a bal-anced
image of the reverberant environment and is
therefore especially suited for stereo record­ings with two main microphones.

Acoustic features

The diaphragm of the pressure capsule is
12 mm in diameter and is only 5 µm thick. As
a result it has a remarkably fast
transient response. The dia­phragm is made out of titani­um, manufactured by Neu­mann in a proprietary electro­plating process.

The headgrille is acoustically
very transparent. Even extreme
sound pressure levels do not at
all affect the trans-ducer’s re­sponse.

Of course, the headgrille also
protects the microphone cap­sule from mechanical shock
and serves as wind and pop screen.